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History of Rottingdean Cricket Club . 1758
Rottingdean Cricket Club
1758
Rottingdean Cricket Club is one of the oldest in the country. It is known to have been in existence in 1758 when a match was played at Rottingdean on 28 June where players from Newick, Chailey, Lindfield and Hamsey opposed a side representative of Lewes, Brighthelmstone and Rottingdean. The stakes were a guinea a man which was quite a considerable sum in those days.
The first recorded match played by Rottingdean alone was on 14th
May 1759 but there is a reason to suppose that the Rottingdean Cricket Club had already been in existence for some years by then although the number of matches which it had played was probably few. In this game in May 1759, Rottingdean played Brighthelmstone and the stakes were £5 a side. The captain of the village side was Steyning Beard. When a commemoration match was played two hundred years later, the Rottingdean side was again captained by a Beard, a direct descendent of the original skipper. In the 18th century the wicket consisted of only two stumps, instead of three, the bat was curved at the end and the score was kept by making notches on a stick.
The Rottingdean cricket ground at this time was at Balsdean which is about two miles eastwards up the valley from the present ground. The Rottingdean windmill was also situated at Balsdean in those days but it was transferred to its present site on Windmill Down, above the village, in 1802. The Rottingdean cricketers evidently decided to follow it and throughout the 19th century, and until the outbreak of the First World War, the Rottingdean cricket ground was on top of this promontory of the Downs in the shadow of the mill’s sails. It was from here that the legendary biggest hit in the history of cricket was made when a batsman scored 67 off a single shot (all run!). The ball was hit down one slope of the Downs, was retrieved by a fielder who then threw it in so wildly that it disappeared down the other side and it required nearly the whole team throwing in relays, to return it to the wicket keeper.
1758
Rottingdean Cricket Club is one of the oldest in the country. It is known to have been in existence in 1758 when a match was played at Rottingdean on 28 June where players from Newick, Chailey, Lindfield and Hamsey opposed a side representative of Lewes, Brighthelmstone and Rottingdean. The stakes were a guinea a man which was quite a considerable sum in those days.
The first recorded match played by Rottingdean alone was on 14th
May 1759 but there is a reason to suppose that the Rottingdean Cricket Club had already been in existence for some years by then although the number of matches which it had played was probably few. In this game in May 1759, Rottingdean played Brighthelmstone and the stakes were £5 a side. The captain of the village side was Steyning Beard. When a commemoration match was played two hundred years later, the Rottingdean side was again captained by a Beard, a direct descendent of the original skipper. In the 18th century the wicket consisted of only two stumps, instead of three, the bat was curved at the end and the score was kept by making notches on a stick.
The Rottingdean cricket ground at this time was at Balsdean which is about two miles eastwards up the valley from the present ground. The Rottingdean windmill was also situated at Balsdean in those days but it was transferred to its present site on Windmill Down, above the village, in 1802. The Rottingdean cricketers evidently decided to follow it and throughout the 19th century, and until the outbreak of the First World War, the Rottingdean cricket ground was on top of this promontory of the Downs in the shadow of the mill’s sails. It was from here that the legendary biggest hit in the history of cricket was made when a batsman scored 67 off a single shot (all run!). The ball was hit down one slope of the Downs, was retrieved by a fielder who then threw it in so wildly that it disappeared down the other side and it required nearly the whole team throwing in relays, to return it to the wicket keeper.
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